The Italian coach Fabio Capello was appointed new coach of Russia instead of the Dutchman Dick Advocaat, who resigned after the last UEFA European Championship, in which the Russians were disappointing in the first phase.
"The decision to appoint Italian Fabio Capello for the post of coach of the Russian national football team has taken", said Nikita Simonian, Acting President of the Union of football of Russia (UFR), according to the official Itar-Tass Agency.
Simonian said that "soon Capello and their representatives will come to Moscow to close definitely agree on the terms of the contract and sign". "I think that this will happen on Wednesday or Thursday," added Simonian, who temporarily took over following the resignation of the former head of Russian football, Sergei Fursenko.
According to the press sports Russian, Capello, of 66 years, signed a contract for two seasons with the UFR 5-6 million dollars per year.
The UFR wants the new coach to sort to the national team for the Brazil World Cup in 2014, since Russia has lost the last two world and was one of the great disappointments of recent European Championship won by Spain. But also you will be required to enter new blood on the computer with the view on the FIFA World Cup 2018 to organize Russia.
Capello was included in a list of thirteen candidates by the URF to assume the reins of the national team, which also included Spaniards Pep Guardiola and Rafa Benitez, Marcelo Lippi Italian and Argentine Marcelo Bielsa.
The also Italian Luciano Spalletti, the coach of Zenit St Petersburg, the Russian League champion, claimed that his compatriot "is one of those names that do not arouse doubts".
"I see no reason to not believe him". "Insurance that you will find the way to deal with the Russian players, since they are not so different from the European players," said.
According to the technician of the Zenit, "the Russian selection is a very strong team which can achieve very good results."
Several Russian technicians have questioned the Federation insists on the hiring of a foreign specialist, rather than opt for a local coach to put the foundations for the team's success in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Capello led England to the last euro, but resigned in February after the English Federation announced measures of punishment against the captain, John Terry, by uttering racist insults.
The Russian bench became vacant since the end of the last European Championship, in which the Russians started people to Czech Republic (4-1), but were disappointing in the first phase to fall before Greece (1-0).
Advocaat signed before the European Championship with PSV Eindhoven after the UFR refused to renew the contract before the start of the continental tournament in Ukraine and Poland.
Before another Dutchman coached the Russian selection between 2006 and 2010, Guus Hiddink, under whose command Russia reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008, where they fell to Spain (0-3), and was eliminated in the World Cup play-off for 2010 South Africa by Slovenia.
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